Winner of the Downtown Gelato Challenge!
Green Streets saw participation from employees of an incredible variety of workplaces for the first month of the Downtown Gelato Challenge!
And the winner of their own gelato party from Others! cafe on Monument Square is…
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) with 16 documented participants!
Photo of CIEE Green Streeters wearing green and getting around green on March 2008 Green Streets Day
Also represented were (organization names, followed by number of participants):
- Mediapower, Inc.: 15
- City of Portland: 13
- FairPoint Communications; The Maine Switch; Ripple Effect; Unum: 10
- The Corporate Library: 8
- Local Sprouts: 7
- University of Southern Maine: 6
- Lutheran Social Services: 5
- ENVIRON International Corp.; Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG); GrowSmart Maine; Portland Phoenix; Nature Conservancy; Sebago Brewing Company: 4
- Goodwill; MarthaMarques.com; Martin’s Point; Mercy Hospital; St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center; Sappi: 3
- Healthy Portland; Gulf of Maine Coastal Program; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Jim Dand Multimedia; Pierce Promotions; Pioneer Telephone; Portland Photoworks; Whole Foods Market, WMPG Community Radio: 2
- Office of the Attorney General
- Bicycle Coalition of Maine
- Eli Phant
- Eastern Maine Healthcare
- Jasa Porciello Grant Writing Services
- Law Office of Robert Levin
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Maine Lung Association
- Maine Securities Corporation
- New Septembers
- NorDx
- Partners in Ending Hunger
- Pierce Atwood
- Sherwin Williams
- Spectrum Generations, Central Maine Area Agency on Aging
- Training Resource Center
- United Way of Greater Portland
- Warren, Currier, & Buchanan
- Waves of Healing
Look for a new opportunity to win the Downtown Gelato Challenge next Green Streets Day, Friday, August 29th! (We’ll send more details in our newsletter later this month – if you don’t already receive our bulletin, fill in the “Sign Up for Our Newsletter” boxes on the lower right side of our main page.)
And thank you, thank you to Others! cafe on Monument Square for this wonderful grand-prize incentive and your enthusiasm for the Green Streets initiative!